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INDIANA:
Partly
cloudy
tonight
and
Wednesday
with
scattered
showers
and
thunderstorms
likely
by
afternoon
or
night.
Tenrwrature
12
noon
72
degrees.
Warmer
Wednesday.
Low
tonight
57
to
63.
High
Wednesday
in
the
80s.
Sunset
8:17
•p.m.,
sunrise
Wednesday
5:19
a.m.
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WIFE-SWAPPING
ENDS
IN
MURDERS
...
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,
HONOR
POST
OFFICE
EMPLOYES
FOR
SAFE
DRIVING
Living
Cost
Hits
Highest
Level
in
May
Labor
Department
Reports
Consumer
Price
Index
Climbed
to
119.6
Per
Cent
WASHINGTON
(UP)—The
government
today
reported
the
cost
of
living
climbed
to
an
all-time
high
last
May
for
the
ninlh
straight
month.
The
Labor
Department
said
the
May
consumer
price
index
was
119.6
per
cent
of
the
1947-49
average.
The
index
was
.3
of
1
per
cent
above
April
and
3.6
per
cent
higher
lhan
May,
1956.
The
rise
in
living
cosls
means
wage
boosls
for
nearly
one
million
•workers
with
"escalator"
w,age
contracts
tied
to
the
cost
of
living.
Food
prices
spearheaded
Ihe
rise
in
living
cosls
with
a
.7
of
1
per
cent
increase
between
April
and
Four
employees
of
the
Logunsporl
post
office
were
presented
with
safe-driver
awards
from
thc
Na-
May.
Prices
of
fresh
produce
anl
tional
Safety
Council,by
Sylvester
Kelly,
postmaster,
Tuesday
morning.
The
awards
included
pins
and
cards
signed
by
Arthur
E.
Summerfleld,
postmaster
general,
and
Ned
H.
Dearborn,
president
ot
the
National
Safety
Council,
for
professional
safe-driving
performa
,
left,
presents
a
37-year
award
Major
Counts
In
Nickerson
Case
Dropped
Clear
Colonel
of
Espionage
andr
Perjury
in
Missile
Case;
Pleads
Guilty
to
.15
Lesser
Charges
HUNTSVILLE,
Ala.
(UP)
—
The
Army
today
.dropped
charges
that
Cot.
John
C.
Nickerson
betrayed
his
country
by
spilling
missile
secrets
and
the
defendant
promptly
pleaded
guilty
to
15
other
counts
'Of
failing
to
safeguard
classified
matter.
The
two
swift
developments
came
in
the
first
90
minutes
of
Nickerson's
court-martial.
The
defense
accomplished
its
main
goal—'.o
have
the
41-year-old
munist
Chinese
invasion
following
career
rockeleer
cleared
of
espiorj'he
heaviest
Red
artillery
bom-
nage
and
perjury
charges—when'
bardment
in
nearly
three
years.
Berserk
Man
Slays
Former
Wife
and
Son;
Wounds
Two
Killer
Also
Shoots
Husband
of
Slain
Woman
and
Wounds
Nine
Year
Old
Daughter
as
She
Begs
for
Mercy;
Manhunt
Is
Waged
for
Slayer.
TERRE
HAUTE
(UP)—Two
men
who
traded
wives
fought
a
midnight
gun
duel
in
the
darkness
of
one
of
their
homes
today,
and
one
of
them
killed
his
ex-wife
and
their
11-year-old
son.
Hours
after
the
wife-swapping
ended
in
tragedy
in
the
luxurious
home
of
a
prominent
businessman,
authorities
searched
for
Thomas
Whitaker,
39,
a
truck
driver
who
threatened
his
former
family
because
a
judge
awarded
custody
of
his
children
to
their
mother.
The
mother,
Mrs.
Alma
Martin,
36,
and
their
son,
Nationalist
Stronchold
On
J
ac
'
c
Whitaker,
11,
were
slain
in
a
bedroom
of
the
Mar*^_
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Chinese
Reds
Pour
Shells
Into
Quemoy
Alert
After
Heaviest
Bom"
bardment
in
Three
Years
TAIPEI
(UP)—Nationalist
China
alerted
its
offshore
island
fortresses
today
for
a
possible
Com-
jneat
wenl
up
seasonally.
The
price
of
services
was
up
.4
of
1
lies
went
down
by
the
same
yca
r
pin,
William
R.'
.Watts,
a
rural
carrier,
rece\vcd°7
o'ne-year
'pi'n,'
aiid'Tugenc'
A.'
GraV/rlght,
'rural|
nouncecl
the
Army
withdrew
its
second
charge
containing
three
counts.
Then
it
ca-mo
time
for
Nickerson
to
plead
to
the
one
remaining
charge.
One
of
his
civilian
lawyers,
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v.uki.^
fuuKi.*!,
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inifM^naiviiut
a<ti<--u£
i
**nf;
j/ciiwiiimut;*..
ivcuy,
jcxi,
1/j^at.iita
u
iH'yKiti
uvvttfu
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—
••
t
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to
Owen
D.
Shanlcau,
a
rural
carrier.
Kay
R.
SwarUel,
in
truck,
parcel
post
driver,
received
a
tlireo-!
B
'
ODert
Kl
.
l
?
f
Hantsville,.
an-
amount,
the
two
changes
thus
can-
celling
each
other
in
the
index.
Durable
goods
prices
were
down
.6
of
1
per
cent
and
soft"
goods
down
.2
of
1
per
cent.-
Further
Rise
Seen
Ewan
Clague,
commissioner
of
the
department's
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics,
predicted
that
food
prices
will
rise
for
the
next
two
months,
then
drop
in
August.
He
said
durable
and
soft
goods
prices
should
go
down
while
services
continue
to
rise
for
the
remainder
of
the
yeor.
Clague
said
the
cost
of
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
is
in
step
with
last
year's
increases
but
Uiere
are
"some
signs"
that
they
will
hit
a
peak
below
last
year's.
The
department
also
reported
that
the
pay
after
taxes
and
the
buying
power
of
factory
workers
continued
a
decline
that
bogan
last
January.
He
attributed
this
to
a
shortening
of
the
work
week
and
the
rise
in
the
cost
of
living
between
April
and
May
of
this
year.
The
factory
worker's
earnings
after
taxes
dropped
17
cents
in
May
to
$74.47
a
week
for
a
worker
with
three
dependents
and
to
$67.08
a
week
for
a
worker
without
dependents.
Clague
said
about
750.0CX)
workers
in
metal
industries
will
receive
around
4
cents
an
hour
more
because
of
tolay's
higher
index.
These
industries
are
basic
steel,
in
Uie
tiny
Army
carrier,
received
a
six-year
pin.
The
NSC.also
awarded
a
one-year
pin
to
Howard
E.
Thomas
who
was
absent
when
the
picture
was
taken.
(Pharos-Tribune
Photo-Engraving.)
BREAK
GROUND
FOR
DELPHI
ARMORY
courtroom:
"In
view
of
the
fact
that
the
prosecution
has
withdrawn
charge
No.
2
the
defendant
wishes
to
plead
guilty
to
charge
No.
1,
on
specifications
1
through
15."
Jenkins
Questions
Court
Court
was
recessed
a.t
that
point.
The
defense
ministry
said
"several"
civilians
had
been
killed
'and
at
least
20
others
injured'
in
the
bombardment.
It
was
feared
military
casualties
would
run
higher.
The
vest
pocke-t
war
between
the
Communists
and
the
National-
lists
flared
an«w
Monday
night
when
Red
artillery
on
Amoy
pounded
the
Quemoy
Island
group
with
9,395
rounds.
About
180
houses
were
leveled
on
little
Quemoy,
only
three
or
[our
miles
from
the
mainland.
The
overall
casualties
and
dam-
tins'
840,000
home
in
a
fashionable
suburb.
Whitaker's
and
Mrs.
Martin's
daughter,
Regina,
9,
was
shot
and
wounded
badly
as
she
begged
for
her
life.
Mrs.
Martin's
husband,
Stewart,
40,
was
wounded
less
seriously
as
he
and
Whitaker
fired
at
least
a
dozen
shots
at
each
other
in
the
dark
after
Whitaker
broke
into
tho
house
armed
with
a
shotgun.
Authorities
believed
Whitaker
took
the
death
gun
into
a
woods
and
shot
himself
after
the
shootings.
They
could
not
find
his
body,
however.
The
second
charge
could
have
car-
ages
worc
heavier
than
the
Na-
ried
up
to
16
years
in
prison,
and
tionalisls
suffered
ai
the
height
of
the
"little
war"
in
September,
1954.
An
air
of
tension
grew
rapidly
in
Ihe
Formosa
Straits
and
'in
all
his
motion.
Jenkins"
attempted
to
get
the
members
to
say
whether
they
•would
be
influenced
by
evidence
of
Mckerson's
motives
in
the
event
he_
was
convicted.
The
court
responded
in
(.he
affirmative.
Count
one
in
the
second
charge,
.
dealing
with
espionage,
accused
Nickerson
of
passing
on
to
Erik
Bergaust,
editor
'
of
Missiles
and
Rockets
magazine,
three
secret
I
documents
dealing
wills
the
missile
program.
Nickerson
had
reason
to
believe,
the
-charge
said,
that
the
docu-
-
—
.
merits
contained
.information
which
Delphi
city
officials
and
civic
leaders
gathered
dcspitu
rain
Monday
morning
to
officially
break
ground
he
had
reason
to
believe
could
be
$10,000
fine
or
both.
The
first
•charge
involved
up
lo
30
years
and
heavy
fines
on
all
counts
but
Nickerson's
guilly
plea
was
expected
to
be
a
factor
in
the
sentence.
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an
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.
.
i
,
«
i
v
Colorful
Ray
H.
•
Jenkins.
Nick-!
££
^re'alerted
to"
a
os^le
»«?**
night
""
ersons
civilian
counsel,
had
ques-
r.hinosr.
rnmmimlrf
attack
from
i
w"
4
-
864
a
vcar
-
tio.ned
the
10-member
court-martial
•briefly
about
its
"general
attitude"
before
Taylor
stood
up
•
to
make
The
two
couples,
once
close
friends,
were
divorced
two
months
apart
late
last
year,
the
Martins
after
20
years
of
marriage.
Martin
then
married
Mrs.
Whitaker
and
Whitaker
married
Mrs.
Martin.
Authorities
said
(here
was
no
evidence
the
couples
worked
out
an.
agreement
to
swap
mates
and
that
it
"just
happened."
A
posse
of
20
heavily
armed
officers
combed
woods
and
dense
brush
looking
for
WJiilaker.
Police
quoted
Stewart
Martin,
40,
a
prominent
Tern-
llaii'.e
!—M-
nessman
who
opcrales
a
photographic
supply
slore,
as
saving
464
Highway
Employes
Get
Salary
Raise
Wage
Boosts
in
State
Highway
Department
Amount
to
$634,864
INDIANAPOLIS
(UP)
—The
,„
,
(
.
Indiana
State
Budget
Committee
,
Whitaker
was
angered'
be.caus'e'his
raised
the
pay
of
464
employes
of
|
and
Mrs.
Mai-Lin's
children
were
tho
State
H
'S
lwa
y
Department'given
to
the
cuslodv
of
their
a
total
of!
mote
when
they
wore
divorced
for
the
new
$393,948
Delphi
National
Guard
armory,
to
be
completed
within
270
days.
First
shovelful
of
mud
was
turned
by
Capt.
Dan
Claw
son,
commander
ot
the
unit,
Company
B,
293rd
Infantry
Kcglmcnl,
38th
Division,
Looking
on
are,
left
to
right,
Charles
Raider,
member
of
armory
hoard;
David
R.
Bourn,
iron
ore
mining,
aluminum,
metal
member
of
armory
hoard;
Delphi
Mayor
Roy
Clauser;
Chnrlt'S
A.
Wood,
president
of
Delphi
Chamber
of
container,
and
refractories.
Another
115,000
employes
in
the.tractor,
meat-packing
industry
will
receive
a
3-ceM.
an
hour
wage
hike.
Tj
the
aircraft
industry,
83,000
will
get
a
2-cent
an
hour
boost
while
another
22,000
will
get
1
cent
more
an
hour.
Clague
said
"an
upward
press
on
food
prices
is
quite
apparent"
for
the
next
two
months
but
that
autos
and
household
appliances
face
a
drop.
Commerce;
Dean
Overbolser,
of
the
chamber;
Morris
Clem,
Lions
club;
and
Robert
E.
Fitzgerald,
on
Council
Balks
At
Transfers
A
proposed
ordinance
to
transfer
available
monies
from
one
fund
to
another
failed
to
pass
the
city
council.
Alderman
John
Anderson's
"no"
vote
delayed
passage
of
the
resolution,
which
involved
a
matter
of
bookkeeping
and
no
extra
appropriations.
Since
the
law
stipulates
a
two-
thirds
vote
of
the
entire
council
body,
a
unanimous
approval
of
thc
five
men
present
was
required
last
night.
Aldermen
James
Diyan
and
Itaeburn
Cox
wore
absent.
The
ordinance
will
be
placed
on
the
agenda
of
thc
regular
council
meeting
July
1.
The
objection
centered
on
tho
transfer
of
$15,000
from
the
parking
meter
fund
to
thc
street
fund
to
replace
money
paid
for
the
new
street
sweeper.
KishiCollsonUN
To
Halt
Bomb
Test
NEW
YORK
(UP)
—
Japanese
Prime
Minister
Nobusuke
Kishi
appealed
to
thc
United
Nations
today
to
take
the
lead
in
hailing
nuclear
tests.
In
a
speoch
broadcast
over
the
U.t»f.
worldwide
radio,
Kishi
also
called
on
the
(J.N.
to
guile
the
world
toward
a
sweeping
disarmament
program.
Kishi,
the
first
Japanese
prime
minister
to
visit
the
U.N.
since
Japan
became
n
member
last
December,
repeated
his
nation's
demand
lhat
atomic
tests
be
ended.
"I
hope
that
nuclear
energy
will
be
devoted
solely
to
peaceful
purposes
of
promoting
world
prosperity
and
progress,"
he
said.
(Pharos-Tribune
Photo-Engraving.)
DOWNTOWN
SIDEWALK
REPAIR
PROGRAM
UNDERWAY
used
to
the
injury
of
t'he
United
Stales
or
to
the
advantage
of
a
•foreign
nation.
Counts
two
and
three
charge!
•that
Nickerson
lied
about
sending
copies
of
a
memorandum
he
wrote
to
the
office
of
columnist
Drew
Pearson
and
to
John
A,
Baumann
of
Radio
Corporation
of
America.
the
mainland
on
the
offshore
is-!
rt
!*
wage
hilces
'
illv
°'
vin
£
most
l
anc
|
g
.
,•
engineering
employes
from
chief
Press
report
in
Taipei
said
a
engineer
Carl
Vogeigesang
-on
strong
Nationalist
task
force
composed
of
planes
and
warships
were
ordered
to
patrol
along
the
Red
Chinese
coast
watching
Red
movements.
The
Chinese
Nationalist
batteries
on
Quemoy
and
Little
Quemoy
returned
tile
Communist
fire
which
broke
out
at
dinner
time
Monday
night.
There
was
no
official
reports
on
casualties
inflicted
by
the
Nationalists.
HI
1956.
Couples
Best
of
Friends
Friends
of
the
Marlins
and
Whitakcrs
said
l!iu
two
couples
down,
afffded
all
except
14
per-
.
-
—.—
sons
in
the
engineering
division
of
i
were
tllc
,
b
?
SL
of
friends
and
spent
the
highway
department,
•A
now
salary
schedule
was
out-1
many
evenings
together
before
tho
were
divorced
last
Former
Local
Resident
Dies
Marion
Keith
Shuman,
4!),
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Sbuman,
1519
Miles
street,
a
civil
engineer
in
charge
of
dredging
the
Ohio
river
for
the
U.
S,
War
department,
who
formerly
resided
in
Logansport,
died
suddenly
of
a
heart
attack
at
5
o'clock
Tuesday
morn-
Nickerson's
defense
con
tends
-i-'ig
at'his
home
in
Jeffersonville.
tbnt
he
wrote
the
memos
only
as
a
means
of
registering
his
belief
that
the
Army
is
best
qualified
to
mount
missiles
in
the
1,500-mUe
intermediate
range.
Secretary
of
Dofease
Charles
E.
Wilson
had
allotted
such
weapons
to
the
Air
Force
last
year
shortly
after
Nick-;
duo
university.
Born
Jan.
18,
1008,
at
Columbus.
0.,
to
Charles
and
Kathcrine
Shu-
mun,
he
was
graduated
from
Lo-
gar.sport
high
school
and
was
employed
by
the
Waters
Dry
Goods
company
and
by
the
Western
Union
here
before
he
attended
Pur-
(lined,
including
raises
for
sub-
professional
assistants
from
a
range
of
$155
to
$341
to
a
range
of
$200
to
$350
a
month.
"
.
The
committee
also
approved
a
$500
annual
salary
increase
for
Joe
McCord,
director
of
the
Department
of
Financial
Institutions,
and
$300
for
Charles
Bryant,
a
deputy
secretary
of
stale.
Most
of
a
$7,005
appropriation
restored
from
funds
previously
ordered
cut
in
the
present
year
allocations
ana
Boys
School
raised
to
Sl,72!),tl85
the
amount
re
stored
from
a
$2,661,641
sum
previously
ordered
withheld
in
a
money-saving
gesture
by
thc
1857
Legislature.
The
committee
also:
Approved
spending
$100.000
for
architect
engineering
fees
o.i
e:-son
went
inlo
action
with
Die
idea
of
getting
the
order
modified.
The
defense
plans
to
show
that
Nickersoa
spilled
no
real
secrets
and
that
(he
missile
program,
on
the
olihcv
hand,
would
suffer
unless
the
Army
plays
a
big
part
Nickerson's
position
has
an
historic
parallel
to
that
of
the
late
Gen.
Billy
Mitchell,
the
early
Air
Force
enthusiast
who
was
lieved
of
his
command
insubordination.
for
The
work
of
tearing
out
the
old
sidewalk
aiid
curb
on
the
cant
sldu
of
Fourth
street
south
of
thc
alley
between
North
and
Broadway
was
completed
Tuesday
morning
iiy
employes
of
Dean
MnsKclman,
and
forms
fur
the
new
walk
and
curb
were
being
laid.
Shown
ubovv
removing
the
old
walk
arc
Ronald
Coleman,
Peru,
operating
thc
tractor-loader;
Wayne
Willing,
Logunsport,
with
back
to
camera;
and
Phillip
Krlskey,
city.
(Pharos-Tribune
Plioto-Engravlng.)
Bulletins
LONDON
(UP)—The
U.S.
for-
mtilly
proposed
today
that
American
and
Soviet
armed
forces
he
reOuccd
In
three
successive
stages
tl>
a
level
o(
1,700,000
men
each.
WASHINGTON
(UP)—Bob
Feller,
one
of
baseball's
ad
-
time
greats,
told
a
congressional
oom-
rrilltec
today
that
organized
baseball
Is
a
business
and
should
be
put
under
the
antitrust
laws.
married
Mrs,
Martin
last
December
and
Martin
married
Mrs.
|
Whitaker
last
April
ami
took
her
•and
the
Whitaker
children
to
live
'in
a
new
home
in
a
luxurious
residential
area
in
the
suburbs.
Martin
told
newsmen
this
story
of
the
shootings:
Martin
henrd
n
noise
about
I:4J
a.m.,'arose
from
Jiis
bed
and
wort
to
the
rear
of
the
house
where
ha
firand
Whilakcr
removing
hinse.?
:he
present
fiscal'from
a
door.
Whilaker
was
carry-
went
to
Ihe
Indi-'ing
a
double-barreled
shotgun.
.
The
restoration
Armed
with
a
revolver,
Martin
and
Whil.alier
fireil
at
least
a
dozen
shots
while
Martin
called
to
his
wife
to
lake
the
children
in
a
bedroom
and
lock
(Jie
door.
Martin
said
he
thought
Whilaker
was,
"after
me."
Mrs.
Martin
telephoned
the
sheriff'.?
office
before
she
locked
new
maximum
security
unit
at
|
Herself
in
th
c
bedroom.
Mart
in
Norman
BeaUy
Hospital
at
West-
withdrew
to
another
part
of
the
house
and
Whilaltw
broke
into
the
He
has
been
employed
by
the
federal
government
since
he
attended
Purdue,
Ho
worked
first
at
Portsmouth,
0.,
and
Cincinnati,!
0.,
but
had
been
working
out
of
the*
Louisville
office
for
the
past
ten
years.
He
was
exalted
ruler
of
the
Jeffersonville
Elks
lodge
at
thc
time
of
his
death.
ville.
Approved
$100,000
for
roof
repairs
at
the
Indiana
World
War
Memorial
in
Indianapolis.
Approved
$1,488,000
for
rehabilitation
of
a
laboratory
anil
home
bedroom
wJiere
his
ex-wife
and
his
children
were
hiding.
Hears
I'lcn
For
Life
Martin
heard
shots
and
heard
his
step-daughter
Regina
scrcn
economics
building
at
Purdue
Uni-!
"Don't
kill
me,
Daddy,
I'll'go
ami
versity.
Approved
$232,000
for
land
purchases
at
Ball
State
College
at
Muncie.
Approved
$100,000
for
music
building
equipment
at
Ball
Stale.
live
with
you."
He
said
he
heard
Whilaker
say,
"All
right,
you'll
live."
Whilaker
JefL
Hie
slaying
room
but
returned
later
and
fired
a
blast
at
his
daughter,
inflicting
a
Survivors
are
his
wife,
the
former
Mary
Porter;
a
son,
Richard,
=
_.
at
home;
a
daughter,
Mrs.
Kalh-lHospflal.
Turned
down
a
request
foi-!
wound
m
,
!K
'
r
arm
whic
"
J'
h
.vsi-
'-
$26,000
for
extra
bedrooms
in
staff
|?.
laiui
,5""'
!
llay
,
rc
5
uir<!
<™P»'n,
cottages
at
Ihe
Now
Castle
State
H
0
"'
ihm
,
]
™
f»und
Martin
and
(
__
F*
.
vim(
mt>,
in
].,i
I...i
~.-
i,*
i
•
.
erine
Ann
Billman,
city;
thc
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Shuman,
city;
a
sisler,
Mrs.
Jean
Kinsey,
Fort
Wayne;
and
three
brothers,
Howard,
Florence
Ky.;
Charles
W.,
Lafayette;
and
Roger,
Fort
Wayne.
The
body
will
be
brought
to
the
Krocger
funeral
home
Thursday
morning
at
9
o'clock,
Funeral
rites
will
be
conducted
at
•
10.
o'clock
Friday
morning
at
the
Kroeger
funeral
home.
Burial
will
be
in
Mt.
Calvary
cemetery.
Man's
Crushed
Body
Found
Along
Tracks
AUSTIN,
Ind.
(UP)—The
mangled
body
of
a
man
was
found
along
a
Pennsylvania
Railroad
right-of-way
near
hore
today.
He
was
identified
by
State
Po-.
lice
as
Jesse
Willard
Buckner,
2G,
Austin.
Authorities
learned
Buckner
and
Dan
Begley,
32,
Austin,
walked
along
the
rails
from
Crotticrsvllle
to
Austin
early
today,
then
laid
down
near
the
tracks
to
sleep.
Police
theorized
Buckner
crawled
onto
the
tracks
and
was
hit
by
a
train.
Begley
woke
up
about
daybreak
and
walked
to
Austin.
RUSSIAN
WARSHIPS
GET
INTO
THE
ACT
Western
Fleet
Maneuvers
Begin
NAPLES,
Italy
(UP)—The
Western
Allies
today
began
four
days
of
massive
fleet
maneuvers
In
the
Mediterranean,
It
appeared
the
Soviets
were
homing
in
on
such
activities
for
t'he
second
lime
in
a
week.
were
reported
approaching
the'
western
end
of
Ihe
Mediterranean
at
Gibraltar,
but
a
British
Admiralty
spokesman
in
London
said
early
today
he
had
"no
knowledge"
they
had
been
sighted
from
the
British
base.
The
U.S.
6th
Fleet
led
ships
of
I
It
was.
the
second
time
within
six
nations
in
exercise
"Rosie-
Rosie"
to
test
the
Western
atomic
defenses
from
Gibraltar
to
eastern
Turkey.
And
somewhere
in
the
middle
of
it
were
a
Soviet
cruiser
and
three
escort
vessels.
a
week
Soviet
vessels
have
intruded
on
a
Western
defense
maneuver.
Last
week
Soviet
minesweepers
suddenly
appeared
in
the
middle
of
the
fledgling
West
German
navy
as
the
German
ships
Monday
night
the
Soviet
vessels
I
steamed
through,
the
Baltic
on
their
first
maneuvers.
It
took
several
hours
for
the
Germans
lo
convince
the
Russians
tihey
were
in
the
wrong
place,
and
before
leaving
the
Russians
sailed
for
several
hours
between
the
rows
of
German
ships.
Today's
Allied
exercises
were
aimed
at
testing
the'
defenses
of
NATO's
southern
flank
against
atomic
attack.
Ships
from
the
6th
Fleet,
the
British
Mediterranean
fleet
and
smaller
contingents
from
Greece,
Turkey,
France
and
Italy
took
part;
New
Albany
Girl
Taking
Swimming
Lessons
Drowns
NEW
ALBANY
(UP)
—
Irma
Parker,
1(1,
New
Albany,
drowned
today
in
a
pool
while
she
was
taking
swimming
lessons
wiUi
a
group
of
40
persons.
Her
brother
found
her
body
under
water
in
the
deep
en\'l
of
the
pool
at
New
Albany
Junior
High
School
while
instructors
were
giving
lessons
in
three
separate
classes,
Rescue
squads
administered
oxygen
and
artificial
respiration
in
a
fruitless,
effort
lo
revive
Ihe
girt.
Authorities
said
the
students
were
not
supposed
to
go
beyond
a
marker
separating
the
shallow
.and
deep
sections
of
the
pool'
They
Turned
lown
a
request
for
salary
increases
for
the
executive
secretary
of
the
Indiana
Board
of
Public
Harbors
and
Terminals,
tilie
director
of
the
state
library,
the
'
executive
•
secretary
of
thc
Stale
Board
of
Medical
Registration
and
Examination,
Ihn
director
of
the
Aeronautics
Commission
of
Indiana,
an)
the
superintendent
of
the
World
War
Memorial.
Turned
down
a
request
for
?34,000
to
pay
half
the
cost
of
a
slate
police
helicopter.
Uie
federal
government
to
pay
the
oilier
half.
Golf
Course
Road
Paved
Resurfacing
of
a
five-block
stretch
of
Pollard
avenue
from
the
Dykeman
park
gates
lo
the
golf
clubhouse
has
been
completed
by
the
C.
A.
Studebakcr
Construction
company.
City
officials
said
the
roadway
was
full
of
chuck
holes
and
was
included
on
the
paving
program
because
of
ils
extensive
use
by
Dykeman
parkr
nicnickers
and
golfers
this
summer,
The
city
street
department,
meanwhile,
is
concluding
its
program
of
leveling
and
grading
streets
in
all
parts
of
thc
comtnun-
said
nobody
saw
Irma
go
to
tlic
ity,
preparatory
to
turning
them
deep
end,
lover
to
Studebaker
for
resurfacing.
shot
him
in
the
log
as
Martin
grabbed
at
the
weapon.
W'ben
police
arrived
in
anxwor
to
Mrs.
Martin's
frantic
call,
they
found
Martin
crawling
wounded
to
a
neighbor's
home
for
help.
Whitaker'3
car
was
found
a
quarter
of
a
mile
away
at
a
dead
end
road.
Searchers
beat
through
a
wooded,
brush-covered
area
looking
for
Whilaker.
Two
families
related
to
Mrs.
Martin
asked
for
police
protection
when
they
learned
of
the
tragedy.
They
said
Whitaker
had
threatened
them.
Threatened
Him
Twice
^Marlin
said
Whitaker
threatened
him
and
other
members
of
his
family
twice
la.st
weekend
in
personal
visits
and
phone
calls.
But
he
saUl
he
didn't
think
Whilaker
would
carry
out
any
of
his
throats.
Whitaker's
wife
Dorothy,
told
of
the
shootings,
said
"I'm
not
surprised."
She
said
Whiiakcr
left
home
near
midnight,
saying
he
was
going
out
for
a
beer.
Martin
and
Mrs.
Whitaker
had
two
children
by
Uieir
marriage,
a
daughter,
Diane,
in
her
la<e
teens,
and
a
son,
Donald,
an
Indiana
University
sludenl
wlio
is
working
in
St.
Louis,
Mo.,
this
summer.
Authorities
said
Mrs.
Martin
apparently
took
her
ex-husband's
threats
seriously.
She
had
applied
for
and
received
a
court
restraining
order
to
keep
him
away
from
tho
Martin
bom*.